scholarly journals Language, Ethics and "The Merits of Being Involved in Meaning". Review of Maria Balaska: Wittgenstein and Lacan at the Limit: Meaning and Astonishment

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Livingston
Keyword(s):  
Logical Form ◽  
Precise Location ◽  
Everyday Language ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Working Through ◽  
Language Ethics ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
True Relationship ◽  
Biological Nature

Working through Balaska’s deeply perceptive, elegantly written, and profoundly honest book, Wittgenstein and Lacan at the Limit, a reader steeped in the recent academic literature about either or both of its main figures may come to feel herself placed at what is, itself, a certain kind of limit.  The limit I mean is the limit of a familiar type of theoretical discourse about the constitution and structure of language and subjectivity as Wittgenstein and Lacan treat them: it includes the discourses that seek, for instance, to articulate how language and sense are constituted in the Tractatus, and thus what is really meant by “logical form” and “nonsense” there; or those that aim to comprehend the true relationship of our biological nature to language, culture, and the advent of freedom in Lacan; or, again, those that try to find, in either thinker’s works (or both), the precise location of the delicate logical buttonhole that would alone permit us entry, from within everyday language and life, to the absoluteness of an ineffable beyond.   These discourses all treat of language and life, but handle these phenomena (so we might say) at arm’s length, theorizing the structure of each and the form of their relationship in such a way as to establish, ultimately, their mutual convertibility to one another, their mutual absorption into a third, more inclusive term (such as “nature” or “biology), or adduce translations from the dense theoretical matrices of one thinker’s treatment of them to the other’s (for instance, from the terminology of logic to that of psychoanalysis, or back again).  Balaska’s book, doing none of these things, rather succeeds in bringing out how an interconnected reading of the Wittgenstein of the Tractatus and Lacan may speak to and inform our response to a certain kind of experience that is characteristic for both thinkers, and typical as well of those moments and occasions of our lives in which we may find ourselves drawn to reflect on what meaning is and how we relate to it. 

scholarly journals ON SAMIA GLOVERI AND COLUMBIA

1877 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-13
Author(s):  
H. Hagen
Keyword(s):  
Poor Condition ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
True Relationship

The type ♀ specimen of Samia Gloveri having been presented by Mr. Strecker to the collection in the museum of which I have charge, I have most carefully compared it with the type ♀ specimen of S. columbia. I am bound to state that I cannot find any difference except the rosy color of Gloveri, and there are no charactcrs which I consider of value to separate the two species. I freely admit that the examination, however carefully made, of only two specimens, both of which are old and in poor condition, is scarcely sufficient to determine this point, but I wish to draw the attention of students who may have a larger amount of material for comparison, to the facts states, with the hope that the true relationship of these insects may be determined.

Novel Investigation of the Deep Band of the Lateral Plantar Aponeurosis and Its Relationship With the Lateral Plantar Nerve

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (11) ◽  
pp. 1325-1330
Author(s):  
Cameron M. Beck ◽  
Austin R. Dickerson ◽  
Kevin J. Kadado ◽  
Zachary A. Cohen ◽  
Somer E. Blair ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anatomical Study ◽  
Crossing Over ◽  
Medial Aspect ◽  
Precise Location ◽  
Target Zone ◽  
Plantar Aponeurosis ◽  
Lateral Plantar Nerve ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Clinical Potential ◽  
The Relationship

Background: We describe a thick fascial band arising from the medial aspect of the lateral plantar aponeurosis diving deep into the forefoot crossing over a branch of the lateral plantar nerve. Because a review of current literature resulted in limited and outdated sources, we sought to first determine the frequency of this fascial band and the location where it crosses the lateral plantar nerve and, second, discuss the clinical applications these anatomical findings could have. Methods: 50 pairs of cadaveric feet (n = 100) were dissected to investigate for presence of the fascial band and its interaction with the lateral plantar nerve. Images were taken of each foot with the fascial band. ImageJ was used to take 2 measurements assessing the relationship of the tuberosity of the base of the fifth metatarsal to where the nerve crossed deep to the fascial band. Results: Overall, 38% of the feet possessed the fascial band. It was found unilaterally in 10 pairs and bilaterally in 14 pairs. On average, the point at which the lateral plantar nerve passed deep to the fascial band was 2.0 cm medial and 1.7 cm anterior to the tuberosity of the base of the fifth metatarsal. Conclusion: When present, the deep band of the lateral plantar aponeurosis (PA) was consistently found to be crossing the lateral plantar nerve. The discovery of the location where this most commonly occurs has not been previously reported and adds an interesting dimension that elevates an anatomical study to one that has clinical potential. Clinical Relevance: The established target zone gives a precise location for where the relationship between the deep band of the lateral PA and the lateral plantar nerve exists when evaluating the foot. The target zone provides a potential springboard for future investigations concerning said relationship clinically.

scholarly journals COGNITIVE STYLE “RIGIDITY-FLEXIBILITY OF COGNITIVE CONTROL” AND THE LEVEL INTELLIGENCE INDICATORS

THE BULLETIN ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 389 (1) ◽  
pp. 306-315
Author(s):  
M.V. Mun ◽  
S.K. Berdibayeva ◽  
F.A. Sakhiyeva ◽  
S.S. Dossanova ◽  
M.P. Kabakova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Control ◽  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Dynamic Properties ◽  
Logical Form ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Aim of the study. The first goal of the study is to determine the relationship of the cognitive style "rigidity-flexibility of cognitive control" with the level indicators of intelligence. The second goal of this study is to identify possible relationships between "rigidity-flexibility of cognitive control" and the properties of temperament. Materials and Methods. In this work the authors used the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS), the Stroop color–word-interference task, the Questionnaire of the formal-dynamic properties of individuality (QFDPI, designed by Rusalov V.M.), and 15 heuristic tasks, 5 tasks each in figurative, logical and figurative-logical form (designed by Kulyutkin Y.N., KrutetskiyV.A., Smallian R.). Results. The general success of solving heuristic tasks is determined by a complex of factors, which includes indicators of the flexibility of thinking, intelligence and “intellectual” temperamental properties. The flexibility of thinking is correlated with the level characteristics of intelligence in such a way that high levels of verbal, non-verbal and general intelligence correspond to the flexibility of cognitive control, low values of indicators of intelligence correspond to the pole of rigidity of this cognitive style; intellectually developed subjects are more flexible. Conclusions. The cognitive style of “rigidity-flexibility of cognitive control” can be considered as a meta-ability. This cognitive style correlates with indicators of temperament and intelligence, and to a certain extent determines the success of solving heuristic tasks.

We are you: The plural and the dual in “we” fictional narratives

2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit Marcus
Keyword(s):  
First Person ◽  
Second Person ◽  
Person Plural ◽  
Plural Pronoun ◽  
Everyday Language ◽  
Fictional Narratives ◽  
First Person Plural ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe essay discusses grammatical and narratological issues of first-person plural (“we”) narratives. It elaborates on the repercussions of Uri Margolin's argument (1996, 2000) regarding the semantic instability of the pronoun “we”, a feature that remains general and abstract in his formulation. Everyday language tends to conceal this instability, whereas some fictional narratives accentuate it, thereby actualizing the subversive potential of the first-person-plural pronoun and highlighting the relationship of the individual “I” to the “we” group and the relationship of this group to “others”. Like second-person narratives, first-person-plural narratives may transgress the boundary between the virtual and the actual and point to the absence of necessary connection between the grammatical form and its deictic function. The essay also proposes a distinction between plural and dual fictional narratives: due to their deictic properties, plural “we” narratives are frequently more destabilizing than dual “we” narratives, which are not characterized by semantic fluidity.

The Land of Moriah, Mount Moriah, and The Site of Solomon's Temple in Biblical Historiography

1990 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
pp. 345-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isaac Kalimi
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Hebrew Bible ◽  
Precise Location ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
1 Kings ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Temple

The present article is an attempt to clarify the relationship of the place where Isaac was bound with the site of Solomon's Temple, and that of the “land of Moriah” ([Gen 22:2]) with “Mount Moriah” ([2 Chr 3:1]) in Hebrew Bible historiography. It will also suggest an explanation both for the failure of 1 Kings 6 to give the precise location of the Temple and for the fact that such details are to be found in the parallel passage, 2 Chronicles 3.

Modulation of Facial Processing by Identity Information in a Face Similarity Evaluation Task

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (8) ◽  
pp. 1325-1334
Author(s):  
Qiang Zhou ◽  
Xindong Ye ◽  
Danyang Liao ◽  
Weidong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Event Related Potentials ◽  
Identity Information ◽  
N170 Component ◽  
Task Instructions ◽  
Evaluation Task ◽  
The Face ◽  
Related Potentials ◽  
Face Similarity ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
True Relationship

We used a face similarity task with event-related potentials (ERPs) in a study conducted with 22 individuals in order to examine the processing of identity information. During the evaluation task, significant variations in the late negative potential were elicited by different identity contexts of couples versus strangers. By contrast, the face-specific N170 component was not significantly affected by variations in identity context. In addition, participants' behavioral data were significantly influenced by the task instructions, but not by the true relationship of the couple. Together, ERP and behavioral results suggest that the evaluation of face similarity with identity information occurs at a later stage.

scholarly journals Implicitness, Logical Form and Arguments

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (63) ◽  
pp. 405-418
Author(s):  
Martina Blečić
Keyword(s):  
Natural Language ◽  
Logical Form ◽  
Ordinary Language ◽  
Everyday Language ◽  
What Is Said ◽  
Conversational Implicatures ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Rational Communication

In the paper I suggest that a loose notion of logical form can be a useful tool for the understanding or evaluation of everyday language and the explicit and implicit content of communication. Reconciling ordinary language and logic provides formal guidelines for rational communication, giving strength and order to ordinary communication and content to logical schemas. The starting point of the paper is the idea that the bearers of logical form are not natural language sentences, but what we communicate with them, that is, their content in a particular context. On the basis of that idea, I propose that we can ascribe logical proprieties to what is communicated using ordinary language and suggest a continuum between semantic phenomena such as explicatures and pragmatic communicational strategies such as (particularized) conversational implicatures, which challenges the idea that an implicatum is completely separate from what is said. I believe that this continuum can be best explained by the notion of logical form, taken as a propriety of sentences relative to particular interpretations.

II.—On two new Gasteropods (Hipponyx blackmorei and H. dibleyi) from the White Chalk

1908 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 436-437
Author(s):  
C. Davies Sherborn
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Of ◽  
True Relationship

Some years ago Dr. H. P. Blackmore called my attention to some fragmentary remains of shell on Echinoids which he had found in the Salisbury district. These he regarded as belonging to Hipponyx. The true relationship of these fragments could not, however, be considered certain until Mr. Dibley found the almost perfect example seen in Fig. 1. Dr. Blackmore's finds are recorded in the list of fossils in the “Cretaceous Rocks of England” (Mem. Geol. Survey), iii, p. 473, as “Salisbury,” but I have not discovered what form is there referred to under the localities of “East Kent” and “Margate.”

Toward a Theory of Race, Change, and Antiracist Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-192
Author(s):  
John D. Holst
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Social Constructs ◽  
Social Construct ◽  
Antiracist Education ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Subjective Aspect ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Internal Relationship ◽  
Objective Aspect

This article is an effort to build on academic theories of race and antiracist education. Using a Gramscian theoretical framework that emphasizes perspectives from organic intellectuals, this article puts the academic literature on race and adult education in conversation with the theory generated on race from select U.S. working-class organic intellectuals and scholar activists. The principal argument of the article, drawn from the dialectical and materialist work of select organic intellectuals and scholar activists, is that race seen as a social construct captures the subjective aspect of race but does not capture the internal relationship of the subjective aspect with the objective aspect of race. All social constructs must be seen objectively and subjectively to consider the prospects for change and antiracist adult education in specific historical and geographical contexts.

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